Patron of the Day- Game edition

I always wear this gaming lanyard that features Super Smash Bros. characters, and there’s a young boy who is a regular who always talks about games with me. Today this was what he said to me:

Boy (points at my lanyard): You know, I’m gonna get that Super Smash Bros. game for xmas this year.

Me: You already know what you are getting for xmas?

Boy: Yeah. I put it on my xmas list.

Me: Oh yeah. Who’s your fav. character?

Boy (big eyes widen even more): I’m gonna play as MEGA MAN… ALL… THE… TIME!

(:

Othologies

Patron-of-the-Day:

A polite young boy came up to the desk inquiring,

“Do you have a list of all the othologies?”

He explained to me how he read almost all of them.

“I found Dragonology (he’s read it), Pirateology (read it), Mythology…”

The boy’s eyes got really big with this title.

“Oh! Do you have that one- Mythology?”

I told him to follow me, we went into the stacks where the immortals lived- Zeus, Hades, Prometheus, Aphrodite, etc. As we were approaching the big book, he started saying,

“All of my friends have almost read this book…” (I love how kids get all passionate about things.) “THERE IT IS! THIS IS SUCH A RARE FIND!! THANK YOU!!!”

I was very pleased to have found this treasure for him.

Casual Gamer Gina Reviews Super Mario Bros. Games!

The weather has been colder, and Casual Gamer Gina has been staying indoors mostly playing video games...

Mario Party 9 Wii Game
I have played Mario Party games ever since they were on the N64, and now for the Wii you get 80 all-new minigames! Play the minigames solo or in a group. Whomever collects the most MiniStars on the board game is the Superstar! I would say the boss battles were more fun when you played with friends.

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games 3DS Game
As a fan of both Mario and Sonic, this sports game was a hit. There are a couple of options to play the Olympic games in single, multiplayer, or story mode. In story mode, Dr. Eggman (Sonic game) creates so much London fog that they’ll have to delay the Olympics. You could also play minigames alone or in teams with your favorite characters from the Nintendo and Sega franchise. It’s interesting that the characters talk after winning/losing a game, but they resort to just grunts during cutscenes. The dialogue in the story mode is quite funny. My favorite player to be is Luigi because whenever he wins 1st place, he busts a breakdance move!

Mariokart DS DS Game
 Mariokart is a pretty fun arcade game, and now you can get it handheld with all the same action. I don’t mean to brag, but I am always first place as Princess Peach.

The Art of Video Games Book
 Are video games art? For those who could not make it out to one of the 10 cities featuring The Art of Video Games National exhibition, you can read about the art of games since the 1970’s Atari system, and all the way to the Playstation 3. I’d recommend this book to gamers of all levels, who appreciate the graphics, storytelling, music, and cinematography of video games.

The Wizard DVD
 Starring a very young Fred Savage, this movie tells a story about a boy who is a video game wiz, who gets a high score on everything he plays, and travels with his brother and friend to a LA National Video Game Championship. The Super Mario Brothers 3 game is featured.

Wonderful World of Disney Games!

For this blog, I will be shortly reviewing video games, along with some other titles that may be of interest to those who like these games.

Disney Epic Mickey Wii game

Mickey has gotten into a painting mess, and now has his magic brush to make everything right. The first thing I noticed was how dark this Disney game was. It had a darker mood and was a little bit more challenging than another Disney character filled game- Kingdom Hearts. The controls were a little interesting, especially with the nunchuk to navigate Mickey around. It was difficult for me to control Mickey whenever the camera angles would change, but it was done for artistic value. It was funny how Mickey opens treasure chests like in the Zelda games. The music sounded like a Danny Elfman soundtrack, which I loved! Overall, I’d recommend this game to anyone who would love seeing Mickey Mouse go on a magical action adventure inspired by real Disney cartoons.







 The Nightmare before Christmas DVD

Not only is this a great Halloween movie, but it is also a dark and unusual Christmas movie.











  Best Of Boingo CD

Before Danny Elfman did music soundtracks for Tim Burton movies (like my favorites Edward Scissorhands , Batman Collection , Pee-Wee's Big Adventure) he also was apart of an eccentric 80's group. 










Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ; And, Through the Looking Glass Book

The original and sequel to Alice in Wonderland’s magical story by Lewis Carroll.











 Kingdom Hearts Graphic novel

Those who enjoyed the game can now read about Sora while he explores a new world, meets some new friends, runs into some familiar characters, and joins a quest to help his friends and find the King! Stay tuned for Epic Mickey 2 for all consoles, as well as the 3DS coming soon!

Patron-of-the-Day

I had this cute little boy come up to me, and he was pointing at the book on display and speaking baby talk, gibberish I thought.

I asked him, " Do you want to read that book?"

I started to walk over with the book, and he started slowly walking towards me while he reached out his tiny hand, and took it.

Then he said, "Thank you."

I learned that the boy could talk, just needed something and didn’t know how to ask for it.

I overheard him tell his mom, "That nice lady over there gave me this book!"

His mom said, "She did?"

Then the boy said, "She was nice to give me this book."

And the mom said, "Yes, she was nice."

Kids Say The Best Things

I really enjoy working at the children reference desks. At the children’s desk, I get to help out so many smart kids, and sometimes I’m amazed by how much they remember the little things. Kids are very visual. There was this one young girl with her even younger sister, and they both came up to me after perusing the paperbacks.

The jumpy older sister asked, “Aren’t you the librarian at another library?”

She was right! I do sometimes work at different libraries. I smiled, and really couldn’t remember these two girls.

I told her, “Yes! I also work at the two-story* library.”

Then the girl was thinking hard, “No. I saw you at the big cabin-looking* library. You got me Princess Fairies.”

Wow. That was amazing because she remembered me from a specific library where I haven’t worked at in awhile, and getting her specific books. Princess Fairies are apart of the popular Rainbow Magic series for young girls in 1^st and 2^nd grade and up. She was very observant for someone so young.

Her younger sister confirmed it, “Uh huh. The big library.”

Well, they are both big, but I knew what she meant.

So what I learned about the two girls was how amazing kids can remember, from what you looked like, to what you said to them, and what you did to help them. My first impressions with kids are important because those interactions will stick with them, and so I have to make sure it is always a positive one. Lately, a few patrons have been starting to recognize me at the two-story* building, and while I don’t remember their names all the time, I won’t forget our conversations.

*names changed!